New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-22
AS to Dress d and Color.

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The. world teaches lis in silent every.
day lessons to, love beauty in
every form untili a. beautiful face,
a beautiful dress, a beautiful form,
or a beautiful room, becomes as
pleasing to our sight as a sweet flower
or any other lovely object in nature;
and, if We love personal beauty, if it
pleases our eye and rests, and satisfies
our heart, is it not worth. cultiYating,
just as our flower. gardens are worth
cultiyating for their bright beauty and
for the fragrance they she'd about us z
Or. our. straw berries for their luc1ous
taste to satisfy the palate?
Beauty is one of the great needs Of
human nature, and most people are un-
conciously grateful. for it. To give
pleasure to others is certainly in itself
a, high aim, and the woman who makes
herself and her surroundings as grace
ful and lovely as may be is something
like unto a ..joy forever" Now, NO
woman, whether she be comparatively
pretty or superlatively homely, can look
as. well as nature intended her to- I'M
less she is careful and painstaking about
her dress, careful as to its fitness in
texture and make, and as to its suit
ableness Of color. 1t is very difficult to
know what color will be the most be-
coming, and still this is considered a
matter of the most vital importance.
We can all understand that their may
be very plain garments as well as very
plain faces and natures, that yet have
nothing repulsive about them, that do
not stop with a sudden shock ones
pleasure in being, that do notdissatisfy,
perplex, or annoy one; all dresses might
haYetheir beauty, forit consists solely in
a garment being becoming and sensible,
and all faces might have it, because it
is the reflection from an intelligent
mind and a kindly heart
We have heard women say that they
did not care whether they were pretty
and attractive or not. but we have new
er believed it, because we can not be-
lieve it. Certainly, no woman who is
loving and beloved, but must wish to
look pure and sweet and lovely, at
least in the eyes, of one; and no moth
er but desir es that her face may seem
| to, her little ones the fa;rest and dear
est of all on the earth. Then, although
all women cannot be beautiful, let
those who are plain do the best they
can to make those they love, and who
love. them, forget that they are ugly,
and remember that it is not sin, OF
! folly, to try to be lovelv.
There is general rule that all col
ors in dress to be becoming, must be
| subservient to the complexion, but as
compilations are as various as the
| blades of the wonderous striped
grass, no two, exactly alike, it
is difficult to know how to de-
eide as to what is, subservient. We
are told that if one has blue eyes, she
should never wear blue of brighter
hue, because it will make the eyes ap-
pear light and faded; again it has been
generally supposed that brunettes
should not wear blue. Yet, we all have
occasionally seen some bright black
eyed, dark-haired maiden, robed in a
heecy cloud of blue, and yet seeming
the very rose bud of some lovely ''b1os-
soming garden of girls, when by all
| known rules, she should have looked
like perfect fright" in the garments
she wore. One writer on the colors in
dress, says: 1--WE see contrasts in nature,
but they are always softened, one color
shading into the other at the edges
! from this we take the hint, and when
| wearing a black dress, either use thin
| white material about the neck, to soften
down the contrast, or else thin black
to shade the whiteness of the skin into
| the black color of the garment. Only
under these conditions can the sudden
contrast enhance the fairness of the
complexion y
Transparent white, as we have said,
has much the effect of gray, and the
brilliant OBJECT and exquisite. charm Of
light colors for summer wear, is be-
coming more fully understood and &C
knowledged. Their delicious GOODNESS
and daintiness of appearance, as well
as their durability. and the ease with
which when soiled they can be made to
look as good as new, renders white
suits very becoming and desirable fol
1 summer Wear.-SL Louis MnU0z57ae.